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noun
gamble:
If you bet, you may lose.
Simple Definitions
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In addition to the idioms beginning with BET, Also see BACK (BET ON) THE WRONG HORSE; HEDGE ONE'S BETS; YOU BET YOUR ASS.
American Heritage Idioms
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bet
verbs
have a bet on
• Are you going to have a bet on the race?
place/put/lay a bet on something
• She placed a bet on a horse called Beethoven.
take a bet
(= accept someone's money as part of a bet )
• They're taking bets on the result of the election now.
win a bet
• France won the game and I won my bet.
lose a bet
• If I have a bet, I always lose it.
make a bet
(= risk money on the way a situation will develop in future )
• If you want to make money on the stockmarket, you have to start making bets.
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noun ADJ. good, safe, sure | fair | outside (= with a very small chance of winning) VERB + BET have, make, place, put I'm going to place a bet on that white horse. | accept, take We are now taking bets on the election result. | win | lose PREP. ~ on I had a bet on the three o'clock race. | ~ with I made a bet with a friend. PHRASES do sth for a bet, my bet is/it is my bet (that) … My bet is that Liverpool will win.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary